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' C. W. WEISSENBORN.

Apparatus*"for Preserving Be er.

No. 239,687 Patented April 5,1881

Uarrnn STATES PATENT Carr-ca.

CARL W. WEISSENBORN, OF HAMBURG, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILHELM THOMSEN, OF SAME PLACE.

APPARATUS FOR PREtSERVlNG BEER.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 239,687, dated April 5, 1881.

' Application filed October 15, 1880. (No model.) Patented in Germany March 10,1880.

To all whom @t may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL ILHELM WEIS- SENBORN, of Hamburg, Germany, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Preserving Beer, of which the following is a specification.

This invention consists in an apparatus by means of which fluids can be drawn off without admitting the air, which apparatus is es- IO pecially adapted for beer, because in this case the contents of carbonicacid and the seasoning of the beer remain unchanged, in consequence whereof the beer will not get stale, even when remaining several days in this apparatus. Another advantage of this apparatus, in comparison with the beer-preserving apparatus working by means of compression of air or carbonic acid, consists in employing pressure upon the beer, maintaining the same pressure from beginning to end. For this purpose the apparatus hasfirst to be filled with beer from a barrel, and as soon as the latter is emptied the communication between the apparatus and barrel is discontinued.

The beer in the apparatus is now excluded tot-ally from the air, and can be drawn off by means of a very simple mechanical contrivauce at any height required. M

In the accompanying drawings, in which 0 similar letters of reference indicate likeparts, Figure l-is a vertical longitudinal section of my invention; Fig. Ii, a plan; Fig. Ill, a front view of the same, and Fig. IV a detail of the piston or pressure contrivance.

3 5 A is a hollow cylinder, enameled inside, in which fits a piston, B, enameled at the bottom, which piston is provided with an adj ustable packing of india-rubber, C, and a small airvalve, 00.

A rack, D, is connected with the piston B,

which passes through a cross-bar,E, fastened to the upper end of the cylinder. This crossbar is intended to serve as hearing for the shaft y of the pinion F gearing into the rack D, and as hearing for the shaft carrying the roller R, which latter guides the back of the rack.

On the shaft 3 are keyed two cog-wheels, G

G, acting in oppositedireotion. This shafty serves also as fulcrum for the lever H with ratchet J, carrying a movable weight, Q, and the detachable lever H with ratchet J.

The jacket of the cylinder is provided with a ferrule, M, close to thebottom, the latter communicating, by a glass tube, with the drawing-off cock L. This ferrule M is combined with a cock or valve, N, communicating by a hose or pipe with the filled barrel. The drawing-oft'cock L can eitherbe attached to the cask O surrounding the apparatus, as shown in the drawings annexed, or may be conducted to any other suitable place.

According to the different heights up to which the beer has to be pressed, the weight Q is adjustable on the lever H.

The screw 1' on the ferrule M, as well as the flange M at the bottom of the cylinder, is intended for cleaning the apparatus.

Theoperation is as follows: In order to fill the apparatus the piston B is brought down to the bottom of the cylinder A, the ratchets T and T being out of gear. The cock N has to be connected by means of a pipe or hose with the barrel which has to be emptied. After this the ratchet T is thrown into gear, and by moving the lever H up and down the piston moves upward and the fluid enters the cylinder A. When the barrel is empty the cock N must be closed and the ratchet J thrown out of gear; then the ratchet J is thrown into gear with the cog-wheel G, and by means of the weight Q on the lever H the piston presses on the fluid, which latter passes through the glass tube to the cock L. The controllingcock 00 is opened for the escape of air which might have entered the cylinder while filling, and is kept open until the fluid flows over. i

The apparatus can be totally emptied through the drawingofi' cock, and the quantity drawn off may be registered on a scale to be marked on the rack. According to the seasons, the annular space between the apparatus and the surrounding cask may be filled with ice or hot water. 5

The apparatus may also be employed with advantage for drawing off or lifting other fluids, especially wine and spirits, because no loss will happen.

Having now described and particularly set too forth the nature of my invention and the manner of carrying the same into effect, I would have it understood that what I claim is 1. In an apparatus for preserving beer or 5 other liquids, the combination of a rack, D,

guide-roller It, pinion F, keyed 0n the shaft y,

and two opposite-acting cog-wheels, G and G,

substantially as and for the purpose as specified.

2. In an apparatus for preserving beer or to other liquids, the combination of the lever H,

carrying theadjustable Weight Q, ratchet J, lever H, ratchet J, the opposite-acting cog- Wheels G and G, keyed 0n the shaft y, and the pinionvF, journaled in the cross-bar E, substantially as described.

CARL 'WILHELM WEISSENBORN.

Witnesses H. SGHRADER, 0. ZEUG. 

